Weird but interesting facts of life

Some are funny facts and some will make you say WTF. But being inconvenient and not useless, all those facts will enrich your knowledge base and help you pass through.

During the Nazi regime, not a single person who purchased a Volkswagen Beetle actually received it.

A 2010 Study Found Ozzy Osbourne to Carry "Several Hundred Thousand" Genome Variants that Have Never Been Seen by Scientists, that of Which Make Him Less Susceptible to the Harms of Drugs and Alcohol - and Ultimately a Mutant

The meme "sex offenders have an 80% re-offense rate" is bunk, despite being cited by the Supreme Court multiple times. The actual rate is closer to 2%.

Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert Lincoln, was present at three out of four U.S. presidential assassinations. When asked to attend a presidential function he declined by stating "there is a certain fatality about presidential functions when I am present."

Three fungi species were found near Chernobyl that appear to convert gamma radiation into chemical energy.

King Mithradates of Pontus had a flock of ducks who consumed poisonous plants and didn't die (thus making them useful for creating antidotes); however their blood, meat, and eggs could kill you if you ingested them

Churchill had Silent Typewriters in his Bunker Because he Insisted on a 'Quiet Working Environment'

Mercury in vaccines is not only not harmful, but is in fact there to make the vaccine safer by preventing the growth of bacteria or fungi that could possibly contaminate the vaccine.

When the atomic bomb was first tested, one of the physicists, Enrico Fermi, had a wager as to "whether or not the bomb would ignite the atmosphere, and if so, whether it would merely destroy New Mexico or destroy the world."

The entire city of Liverpool, UK has boycotted the tabloid newspaper 'The Sun'

Nike made a commercial with a Samburu tribesman saying "Just Do it" in his native language. An American anthropologist called them out. He actually said "I don't want these, give me big shoes." Nike's response: "We thought nobody in America would know what he said."

North Korea and the United States are the only countries that have their children pledge allegiance to the state in schools.

Queen Elizabeth II is immune from prosecution, can drive without a license, and can fire the Prime Minister of Australia or Canada as she pleases

There is a tree is known as a "novice tree" because only one unfamiliar with the tree would dare touch it, soon discovering that the ants that live inside it are aggressive and venomous.

Trader Joe's hides a stuffed animal in a majority of their stores and if your child finds it they get a prize